419 scam: eric kamara <erickamara100@gmail.com> i need your urgent reply

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- soniakwasi00@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: eric kamara <erickamara100@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 08:41:26 -1200
Subject: i need your urgent reply

Dear Greetings to you!

Please kindly receive this message with due RESPECT. I am soliciting
for your assistance to save my life that is in danger because of
money, ($4.2m), I inherited from my late father. I am 21 years old
girl from Ivory Coast, I am presently at the Benin Republic now for my
safety. My late father was a coffee and cocoa beans exporter when he
was alive. He was poisoned to death by my stepmother, he died last
November 18th, 2014. Since after the painful death of my late father,
my step-mother was desperately after my life because of this money.

Please I want you to be my Guardian. I need your maximum assistance to
transfer this money into any safe bank account you can provide for me
and to help me to invest the money into business investment you can
manage on my behalf while I continued my studies in any best school.

I have made a vow to give you 30% of this money for your kind assistance
and you will help me to invest and mange the remaining 70% into any
secured investment you can approve. I want you to receive me and help
me as your own daughter and as your family member to protect my right
and my interest with fear of God as I want to entrust you with all my
heart that support me to archive a better future under your guardian.
I'll give you more details as soon as I got your answer.

soniakwasi00@gmail.com

Regards, Ms. Sonia Kwasi

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